Stuart Holden joins US national team...

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After a litany of injuries over several years put his playing career in jeopardy, Stuart Holden is finally returning to the field.

Holden, who was last capped for the US national team in 2013 amid a string of serious knee injuries, has joined the USMNT training camp currently underway in Carson, California.

According to a report from ESPNFC, USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann invited the 30-year-old to the camp that began Monday and is scheduled to run through the first week of February.

The former Houston Dynamo star has not beend to the squad that will play in friendlies against Iceland on Jan. 31 and Canada on Feb. 5.

Holden’s first career setback came in 2011 when he was playing for Bolton Wanderers against Manchester United; he fractured the femur in his left knee and was sidelined for the better part of a year.

He returned to form in 2013, but tore his right ACL with the USMNT in the Gold Cup. In his return match with Bolton’s reserve squad in 2014, he re-injured hi

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It won't be long before he's playing for us again!

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Going back to this post on the 14th of Jan 2016 it said Holden was fit again andd to play friendlies for U.S.A,i wonder why he didn't play in these and then look at retiring after that if it didn't go well.